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...Nhiep River. The government troops prudently retreated, carrying out what the officer in charge called his "coiled-spring tactic." Kong Le took the village and moved on south toward Pak-sane, slowly bulldozing a road ahead of him as he went. If he made it across the rugged terrain, Kong Le could cut the country...
Basically, they consider Laos ungovernable by anybody, because of the oddities of its terrain and the unshakable eccentricities of its princeling politicians. Their view was succinctly summarized by the London Times: "If Laos is left to the Laotians, it can be a danger to nobody." The U.S. retorts that, by allowing the Communists to use the country as a supply line into South Viet Nam, Laos can be a danger to its neighbors...
Lords of Upheaval. Called Viotá and Sumapaz, the two Red enclaves of backlands Bolshevism in Colombia have been in existence for years, making trouble for democracy in Latin America long before anyone heard of Fidel Castro. The rugged, roadless terrain offers little hindrance to guerrilla movements, while effectively blunting any military reprisal or concerted government program of building and social reform that might dilute Communist influence on the peasantry...
Pocket Talkies. Transistorized two-way radios only slightly larger than king-size cigarette packs are being marketed by Seattle's Ross Laboratories, Inc. The Pocket Talkies have a range of about a mile over clear terrain, two miles over water. Price: $69.50 a pair...
...Gogh's firm belief in the permanence of Vincent's contribution to art. During an interview yesterday, it became clear that he like to talk about the purely Dutch elements which his uncle depicted while in southern France. The drawbridge, boats on the beach and the flat, plain-like terrain of Vincent's mature work are all typically Dutch, not French, themes. The recurrent motif, found in the late works, of mountains rising in the distance beyond the plains reflects the lowlander's fondness for height. In Dutch medieval manuscripts the local terrain is invariably represented in this manner...